Brought the 813 home today.

[ranchhopper]

A friend and myself went down to indianapolis today and brought the 813 home I bought from GL a couple weeks ago. I needed new batteries so two 8Ds and three hundred dollars lighter we were on the way we rode down in one of my 1009s after packing it with tools, batteries and all the other things you take and dont use. We left at 3AM and got there at 10 AM fueled and did the check list got it started and away we went my friend Tom drove it home and I followed with the 1009. It ran 55-58 all the way home no smoke just heat waves from the stack running down the interstate it has some git up and go Im pretty happy with it. It didnt come with troop seats but I took care of that when John Cappel sold me a set and they will be put on tomorrow it has all michelin radials half of which are turned the wrong way so I have some tire switching to do too.

 

[caliber1]

Nice truck ranchhopper. Wasn't aware that the michelins were directional, need to go home and check my A2 now.

 

[ranchhopper]

Nice truck ranchhopper. Wasn't aware that the michelins were directional, need to go home and check my A2 now.

Yes they are its a real PITA when mounting them on rims to make sure half face one way and the other face opposite.

 

[CanonNinja]

they're supposed to be ran opposite directions from what I've read

 

[ranchhopper]

they're supposed to be ran opposite directions from what I've read

I heard that too the guy driving it home for me said they are like that for getting maximum traction going either forward or reverse.

 

[jstier]

Nice looking truck.

 

[R Racing]

Nice looking Truck !! It looks like It may have come from the group mine did . LOL

 

[ranchhopper]

I was real impressed while leaving it run 10 or so minutes when we stopped at a rest stop not a drop of oil was under it from anywhere engine, trans, TC or axles.

 

[DieselBob]

Very nice ride.

 

[ranchhopper]

Thanks I had it driven off the base the day after the after EUC went through Rodger the GL rep said he would be there that one day and wouldnt be back for three weeks he was pretty happy to get it out of there on short notice and free up the space. A local guy down there takes trucks, trailers etc off the base for people he is retired and has storage down the street plus he knows Rodger so it worked out great he charged me 60 bucks to check it over and drive it to storage and keep it for two weeks until I could get the time to go down there.

 

[SPCWarning]

Nice !

Congratulations! Beautiful truck. I drove an M813 ("B-43", Bravo Battery, 3/35 Field Artillery) in Germany from 86-88 and miss it like crazy! Maybe some day............

 

[ranchhopper]

The truck seems to have had extensive rebuild work done to it in 89 there is a list of things on the tags put on the dash the work was done in texas.

 

[indy4x4fab]

Man I wish you had said something sooner about this, I live 15 mins from the holt road armery. Great looking truck I was watching this one on G.L. too.

 

[rikinwyoming]

Great looking truck!!

 

[ranchhopper]

Man I wish you had said something sooner about this, I live 15 mins from the holt road armery. Great looking truck I was watching this one on G.L. too.

You will see it down in haspin this coming spring.

 

[5tondeuce]

Great looking truck, you have quite a fleet going there

 

[Ord22]

nice looking truck!

 

[Danger Ranger]

The tires run opposite (wrong) directions so the enemy cannot tell which direction you were going....or coming....from.

 

[swampzr2]

Very nice. I don't think you even need to paint that one, just get off the GL wax pencil marks and it looks good to go. I was wondering when you would buy something bigger than the cucv's since you sold the deuces.

 

[bbf]

very nice